[An interesting response. A2 stares at him in the wake of it, mystified.]
... Yeah. [She says at last.] They should.
[While Minato speaks of the sheep and names each one, A2 begins to register their individual personalities. This downy-furred one was stubborn, this older ewe was calm and liked to be scratched behind the ear like a dog or a wolf. A ram who was just growing in his horns butts her playfully. She understands again that a name was not merely a designation. That it infused one with purpose, that it had meaning.
But Rose had told her that, hadn't she?
...]
Hey. There are more animals, right? Show me the others.
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... Yeah. [She says at last.] They should.
[While Minato speaks of the sheep and names each one, A2 begins to register their individual personalities. This downy-furred one was stubborn, this older ewe was calm and liked to be scratched behind the ear like a dog or a wolf. A ram who was just growing in his horns butts her playfully. She understands again that a name was not merely a designation. That it infused one with purpose, that it had meaning.
But Rose had told her that, hadn't she?
...]
Hey. There are more animals, right? Show me the others.